OBITUARIES
Billy Glenn Hoing
May 14, 2015
BILLY GLENN HOING Brewer Community - Billy Glenn Hoing, 65, died Thursday, May 14, 2015, at his residence after an extended illness. He was born in the Randolph Community on January 14, 1950, to William Bernard and Evelyn Houpt Hoing. After graduating high school, he went on to obtain his professional degree in drafting. Billy was a former employee of...
Freddie Mae Raper Pierce
May 13, 2015
FREDDIE MAE PIERCE Evergreen Community - Freddie Mae Raper Pierce, 78, went to be with her Lord and Savior, Wednesday, May 13, 2015, at North Mississippi Medical Center, hospice unit, after brief illness. She was born December 7, 1936 to Rev. Samuel Jackson "Jack" and Mildred Beatrice Dean Raper. She retired from Adcomm Graphics through MTD after twenty years of...
Dr. Mike "Timer" Currie
May 12, 2015
DR. MIKE "TIMER" CURRIE Tupelo - Charles Michael Currie, M.D., 61, died Tuesday, May 12, 2015, at the family's Eastport Marina lake house on Pickwick Lake. A Poplar Bluff, Missouri native, he was born May 22, 1953 to John David and Mary Emlyn Currie. Mike grew up in Orlando, Florida. He received his Bachelor of Science in physics at Florida...
Charles Johnson
May 12, 2015
CHARLES M. JOHNSON Mooreville - Charles M. Johnson, 54, died Tuesday, May 12, 2015, at the North Mississippi Medical Center, Hospice Unit. He was in born in Tennessee on January 12, 1961, to J. W. and Eloise Barnes Johnson. Graveside services will be 2:30 p.m. Tuesday, May 19, 2015, in Kirkville Cemetery. W. E. Pegues Funeral Directors is in charge...
Leler V. Eddington
May 11, 2015
LELER V. EDDINGTON Kalkaska, Michigan - Leler V. Eddington, formerly of Shannon, 82, died Monday, May 11, 2015, at her daughter's residence. She was born in Cullman, Alabama on September 17, 1932, to Charlie Edgar and Daisy Baker Chandler, and was raised by her step-mother, Bessie. She loved spending time with family and friends, especially her grandchildren and was an...
Phil M. Griffin
May 11, 2015
Tupelo - Phillip M. "Phil" Griffin, 72, died Monday, May 11, 2015, at Sanctuary Hospice House after a short illness. He was born January 17, 1943, to Paul W. Griffin and Martha Jack Burt Griffin and was raised in Houlka. Phil built power lines for transmission and distribution throughout the United States and retired in sales with Electrical Suppliers. He...
Jerry Ann Prater
May 10, 2015
JERRY ANN PRATER Tupelo - Jerry Ann Prater, 80, died Sunday, May 10, 2015, at Traceway Retirement Community. She was born April 30, 1935 to Francis L. and Irene Gardener Starnes. May 1, 1954, Jerry married Billy Robert Prater. Robert was in the U.S. Army for 23 years. Jerry and Robert loved to travel and help anyone in need. Jerry...
Joyce Fennell Myhand
May 10, 2015
Mooreville - Joyce Fennell Myhand, 74, passed away Sunday, May 10, 2015 at her residence near Mooreville. She was born in Guntown on December 10, 1940 to Wade Lamar White, Sr. and Thema Rush White Bishop. She was a sewing machine operator and had worked in a number of area furniture manufacturing plants. Joyce loved flowers and especially enjoyed working...
Sandra Barnett
May 9, 2015
Saltillo - Sandra Patrica Barnett, 71, died Saturday, May 9, 2015, at North Mississippi Medical Center Hospice. She was born December 21, 1943 to William Daniel (Jack) Price and Maggie Ethel Prather. A homemaker, she spent her days raising her children. Sandra enjoyed sewing, cooking and reading. She worked as a telephone operator at Bell South and then at Modern...
Rick Parks
May 7, 2015
Rickey Harold "Rick" Parks of Locust Hill left to be with the Lord the morning of Thursday, May 7. He was 59. A 1974 graduate of North Pontotoc High School, Rick was co-owner of Tri-County Pest Control and an active member of Belden Baptist Church. The weekly ministry at Tupelo jail was a passion. His hobbies were his land and...
Barbara James
May 6, 2015
Casey Creek - Barbara James, 75, passed away Wednesday, May 6, 2015, at Sanctuary Hospice House in Tupelo. She was born in Oklahoma on March 12, 1940 to Harold and Authula Morrow Griffith. Graveside services will be 10 a.m., Saturday, May 9, 2015 at Tupelo Memorial Park with Rev. Jay Stanley officiating. W. E. Pegues Funeral Directors is in charge...
Dude Henry
May 5, 2015
DUDE HENRY Jackson, TN - formerly of Saltillo, Dane Larry Henry, 70, died Tuesday, May 5, 2015, at his home. He was born April 8, 1945 to Robert Edgar and Beatrice Cox Henry. Dude loved riding his motor cycle and enjoyed racing cars. He was a workaholic. He was a nature lover who liked the mountains and flowers and kept...
Donna Mihelic McMillian
May 4, 2015
DONNA MCMILLIAN Houston - Donna McMillian, 68, died peacefully at Webster General Hospital on May 4, 2015. She was born in Houston and graduated high school there and received her nursing license from St. Joseph's School of Nursing. The highlight of her career was serving as Nursing Orientation Instructor at the North Mississippi Medical Center for twenty years. She married...
Martha Elaine Magers
May 3, 2015
Elaine Magers Mantachie - Mrs. Magers, wife of the late Dulon Magers, died Sunday, May 3, 2015. She was the last of seven children born to the late Rev. Sylvester and Annie Chilcoat Barber. Mrs. Magers was a retired supervisor from Mantachie Manufacturing Company. For many years, she and her husband served nursing homes by singing and sharing Bible lessons....
Brenda Collins
May 3, 2015
BRENDA COLLINS Guntown - Brenda Collins 61, died Sunday, May 3, 2015, at the North Mississippi Medical Center after an extended illness. Arrangements are incomplete and will be announced later by W. E. Pegues Funeral Directors.
John Bolen
May 2, 2015
JOHN BOLEN Tupelo - John Turner Bolen, 80, died Saturday, May 2, 2015, at Tupelo Nursing and Rehabilitation Center after an extended illness. He was born October 1, 1934, to Eugene Pruitt and Cecil Elizabeth Hendrix Bolen. John retired in 2000 from Super Sagless, Inc. as a maintenance supervisor. He was a loving husband, father, grandfather, great-grandfather, and friend who...
James Allen Crone
May 2, 2015
JAMES ALLEN CRONE Shreveport, Louisiana - James Allen Crone, 68, went home to the Lord on Saturday, May 2, 2015 at the North Mississippi Medical Center in Tupelo, Mississippi, after an extended illness. Born in Many, Louisiana on August 13, 1946 to Leonard Allen Crone and Dorthea Sunshine Kimbrell Crone, James "Doc" grew up in Zwolle, Louisiana where he graduated...
Nancy Beck
April 30, 2015
NANCY BECK Mooreville - Nancy Jane Beck, 73, passed away on April 30, 2015, at her residence. She was born on February 9, 1942, in Oshkosh, Wisconsin, and was the daughter of John and Gladys Hoppa Peterson. She graduated from Omro High School in 1960 and married her high school sweetheart and love of her life, Robert "Bob" Beck on...
Paul RItter
April 30, 2015
PAUL RITTER Blue Springs - Paul Mitchell Ritter, 67, passed away Thursday, April 30, 2015 at his home. He was born June 30, 1947, to Mitchell and Edna Ritter. He was a 1955 graduate of Belden High School. Immediately, after graduation he joined The United States Marines and was awarded the Purple Heart for his service during the Vietnam Conflict....
Kim Dahlke, R.N.
April 26, 2015
KIM DAHLKE, R.N. Saltillo - Kimberly Hurt Dahlke, R.N. 54, passed away Sunday, April 26, 2015, at her home. She was born in Ripley on September 22, 1960 to Kenneth and Betty Spires Hurt. She graduated from Pine Grove High School and earned a degree as a registered nurse from Itawamba Community College. She enjoyed traveling, camping, gardening and photography....
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